Headquartered in
Bloomington,
Minnesota, Village Travel (a
division of Accent Travel) has been
offering high quality travel
services for more than 45 years.
We are a full-service agency
offering travel services for domestic, international, business and
leisure travelers. We strive to provide quality, value, and convenience for new and
existing clientele. From business trips to honeymoons, cruises to tours, we can
arrange itineraries for any budget, interest, and destination.

Agency owner and President
Terry is a Certified Travel Counselor with over 25 years
of travel industry experience. He earned his B.A. from
the University of Minnesota. Terry holds his Certified
International Fare Construction Specialist
designation and is a Certified Travel Counselor,
CTC. Terry took over ownership of the family business in
1992. He is an active volunteer member and certified
senior ski patroller in the National Ski Patrol (NSP).
His travels have taken him all over the world. He has
traveled throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East,
Europe, North America, South America, and Australia.

Director of Sales and Marketing
Sheila Zats brings
extensive international travel experience in sales,
marketing, promotion and product development to Village
Travel. Her career has included working in Chicago
for Abercrombie & Kent, the Drake Hotel and Thomson
Vacations (now Apple Vacations). In the Twin Cities,
Sheila has worked in sales and product development for
MLT Inc. and Northwest WorldVacations. Her experience
includes working with Northwest Airlines, KLM Royal
Dutch Airlines, international tourism boards, visitor
and convention bureaus, hotel chains, car rental
companies and tour operators. In addition, she
supervised the National Car Rental account and joint
promotions with DisneyWorld and Disneyland for a
marketing promotions firm. Sheila earned a
bachelor of arts degree from College of St. Benedict.
She has lived in Madrid, Spain and Mexico City where she
became fluent in Spanish. In addition, she spent a year
traveling with Up With People, working in community
service and entertainment promotion for the non-profit
organization.

Supervisor,
Corporate Sales Agent, International Leisure Sales Agent, Webmaster
Heidi is a Certified Travel Associate with more than 15 years
of travel industry experience. She covers all
areas of travel including, corporate travel
management, leisure and cruise, business travel and
international travel sales. She has extensive corporate
travel experience, serving all types companies from
large multi-national corporations to small start-ups,
from leading business-to business services firms to
large non-profit organizations. She has personally
traveled to most of the United States (including Alaska
and Hawaii) as well as China, Thailand, Canada, Mexico,
Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Peru, Iceland, Ireland,
the United Kingdom, France, Denmark, Sweden,
Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria,
Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and Italy. She has
sailed on Princess, Norwegian, and Holland America
cruise lines. In addition to completing the
Certified Travel Associate course, she has recently
completed the following specialist courses: Marriott
Hotels, Fairmont Hotels, Langham Hotels, Dive
Specialist, Bermuda Specialist, Business and First Class
Specialist, Incredible India, Tanzania Specialist, and
Visit Southern Africa.

Leisure and Study Abroad
AgentShanna
holds a B.A. from the University of St. Thomas.Shanna has
more than 8 years of industry experience. Shanna has studied
abroad in France and she now manages most of our student
study abroad programs. She also has extensive
experience planning vacations to many destinations
around the world. Shanna is a cruise specialists with
Princess & Royal Caribbean. She has personally traveled
to Puerto Vallarta, Cancun, Martinique, Montreal,
Toronto, France, England, Ireland, Greece, Spain, and
Italy.